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SPECIAL FEATURE: CRIPPLED EPISTEMOLOGY

Written by JONATHAN RILEY Posted August 9, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Boston researchers have spent years helping government agencies plan and simulate operations to troll potential terrorists. Despite controversial practices and lackluster results, the covert operations continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston Police Department, BPD, BRIC, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, DARPA, DHS, Donald Trump, Facebook, Glenn Greenwald, Guardian, ISIS, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Lone Wolf, MKULTRA, NSA, Persona, Pokemon, Robert Popp, Russian trolls, Sunstein, terrorism, US Army Special Operations Command, Usaamah Rahim, World War II

SPECIAL FEATURE: BOSTON’S MARATHON APOCALYPSE

Written by CHIP BERLET Posted April 15, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

​In ​hashing out what happened​ on that dark day three years ago​, it’s important to consider the Bay State’s history as an apocalyptic ground zero

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: 9/11, Anti-Shariah Task Force, April 15, Black Flags of Khorasan, Boston, British, Chip Berlet, Concord, Defending Dissent Foundation, ISIS, Islam, lexington, Marathon, marathon bombing, Massachusetts, terrorism

SPECIAL SUNSHINE WEEK FEATURE: THE FOILES 2016

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 14, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials

Some Government Agencies Are So Bad at Handling Public Records Requests, They Deserve an Award

Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials Tagged With: Georgia, Hillary Clinton, Kim Davis, MuckRock, privacy, Rowan County, Sunshine Week, terrorism, transparency, US Army, White House

STRANGE WEBFELLOWS: BOSTONIANS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER BIG APPLE IN FIGHT FOR ‘ALL PHONES’

Written by LUKAS VRBKA Posted February 29, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"[This] will change forever not just how the government engages with technology companies, but how technology companies engage with us.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #DontBreakOurPhones, ACLU, Apple, Boylston Street, demonstration, Department of Justice, FBI, FFTF, iPhone, James Comey Jr., Kade Crockford, Massachusetts Pirate Party, Protest, San Bernadino, Suffolk County District Attorney, Syed Farook, terrorism, William Evans

AU CONTRAIRE GRANDE FRERE: MASS OFFICIALS SAY THERE’S NO THREAT AT HOME FOLLOWING PARIS ATTACKS, YET PUT FORCES ON INCREASED ALERT ANYWAY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 16, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s never easy criticizing vigilant Big Brother while the crime scene is still bloody.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Beacon Hill, biometrics, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Trolling, BPD, Charlie Baker, civil liberties, Deval Patrick, facial recognition, FBI, france, fusion centers, IBM, ISIS, legislature, Massachusetts, Paris, Paris attacks, security, surveillance, terrorism, war profiteering, William Evans

OUT OF AFRICA: A Q&A WITH RORY YOUNG OF CHENGETA WILDLIFE ON THE REAL STORY BEHIND CECIL THE LION, POACHING, AND HIS UPCOMING SAFARI IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 9, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

"[The conflicts] are very often bloody. This is war."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Africa, American media, Boston, Cecil the Lion, Chengeta Wildlife, Congo Basin, Elephants, freedom fighters, HubSpot, Lions, Malawi, Mugabe, rangers, Rory Young, terrorism, tracking, training, Westin Waterfront, Zimbabwe

ESTRANGED FRUIT: HOW THE MEDIA BENT OVER BACKWARD FOR A WHITE TERROR SUSPECT

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 21, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

How many articles you can find in which an alleged killer of color had their insanity defense staged by reporters before they even got a lawyer?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Alexander Ciccolo, Ali Al Amriki, Boston, Boston Police Department, BPD, Captain Robert Ciccolo, Colorado, Connecticut, Dylann Roof, FBI, Fox News, guns, massacre, shootings, terror suspects, terrorism, tragedy

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